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Clark College president reports 10% enrollment increase, $1M gift from Cowlitz Indian Tribe in State of the College Address

Prolonged enrollment decline. Staff turnover. Brutal inflation. Secondary education has struggled along with the rest of the world in recent years, a reality that Clark College President Karin Edwards admitted Wednesday. But, on the heels of a 10 percent enrollment spike to start the year ...
Columbian, Feb. 15, 2024

Shakespearian romantic comedy ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ opens at Centralia College

Centralia College is kicking off Valentine’s Day weekend with the opening of one of William Shakespeare’s classic comedies: “Much Ado About Nothing.” A show director Emmy Kreilkamp calls “the original rom com” ...
Centralia Chronicle, Feb. 14, 2024

City of Coeur d’Alene finds malware in its computer system

... David Vosen, a cybersecurity instructor at Spokane Falls Community College, said Coeur d’Alene’s actions so far have been “pretty standard.” “They realized that there was malware … so they stopped all services because they don’t know where the attack maybe came from,” Vosen said. 
Spokesman-Review, Feb. 12, 2024

Higher Education and Politics

Advocacy quick hits: ED wraps up second neg-reg table

The U.S. Education Department (ED) last week hosted the second of three negotiated rulemaking sessions on Title IV program integrity and quality issues, including accreditation, state authorization, distance education, return of Title IV funds, cash management and TRIO eligibility.
Community College Daily, Feb. 15, 2024

Citing FAFSA delays, U.S. to ease requirements for colleges

The U.S. Education Department is relaxing a number of requirements so that colleges and universities dealing with delayed student financial aid information can better focus on processing aid applications and delivering aid packages to students.
Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 13, 2024